Today's cherry picks.

SanctionII

I went to a local show this afternoon for about 2.5 hours to hunt for cherries.

I picked up a PCGS 1942 P silver proof nickel graded decades ago as a PF66. It fills a hole in my 1942 Registry proof set. It has mirrored fields and ftosted devices, giving it a Cameo appearance. Very attractive.

I also sold some surplus run of the mill proof and SMS sets that are the by product of harvesting cherries from these OGP sets over the years. With some of the sales proceeds I picked up 10 flat pack OGP sets from a dealer's newly acquired inventory.

From these 10 sets I acquired some nice coins, including a 1956 Type 1 half that has two sided frost and mirrored fields (my first such find of this coin, though the obverse frost is not heavy enough to warrant a Cameo designation).

Other coins include a Cameo 1956 nickel, a Cameo 1956 Type 2 half, a Cameo 1957 cent, two possible Cameo 1960 nickels that are toned purple, a Cameo 1962 cent, two Cameo 1962 halves, a 1963 Cameo quarter and two 1963 Cameo halves.

Pictures of the 1956 Type 1 half (both sides) and a group photo of all of this coins are attached.

Fun hobby time at minimal cost.

FlyingAl

Very nice!

Do you have pictures of the 1942?

SanctionII

I will take cell phone photos of the 1942 nickel and post them later tonight.

SanctionII

See photos of the 1942 proof nickel.

SanctionII

Here are additional photos of today's pickups, plus some photos of previously cherrypicked coins.

FlyingAl

@SanctionII said:
See photos of the 1942 proof nickel.

Quite an exceptional proof for the year. Congratulations!

joeykoins

Mannn, you did very good for yourself.
Beautiful C. Pickens'

jfriedm56

Now that's some cherry pickin'! Nice score

ricko

@SanctionII ... You are a cherry picker extraordinaire..... Very nice. Cheers, RickO

cmerlo1

You definitely got some nice ones there- congratulations! 1956 Type 1 halves are definitely getting harder to find.